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Hugh Hefner published the first copy of Playboy in 1953.
True
Today, porn sites receive more website traffic in the U.S. than Netflix.
True
Pornhub, one of the leading porn sites in the world, had 32 billion visitors in 2019.
False: it actually had 42 billion visitors with 39 billion searches performed.
PornHub estimates that their uploads in 2019 were at the rate of 12,500 gigabytes per minute
True
The average internet user spends over 30% of their waking hours online
False: 40%
According to studies, most young people are exposed to porn by the age of 14.
False: even younger - 13
91.5% of men consume porn, and 48% of women.
False: 91.5% of men is correct, but the figure for women is actually 60.2%.
More than 1 in every 3 porn videos depicts sexual violence or aggression.
True
One study found that 80% of the targets of violence or aggression in porn appeared either neutral or appeared to respond with pleasure.
False: It’s actually 95%. In other words, porn is sending the message that sexual violence is just a part of sexual pleasure.
In one 2016 study, researchers found that 22.9% of respondents reported that, over time, they began watching pornography that had previously disinterested or even disgusted them.
False: The figure is much higher: 46.9%.
According to a UK survey of over 22,000 adult women, 16% reported having been forced or coerced to perform sex acts the other person had seen in porn.
True
Sex trafficking victims can be forced, tricked, or coerced into pornography production.
True
In the UK, it is illegal for someone under the age of 18 to watch porn
False: Despite this, it is illegal for someone to sell or distribute pornographic material to children younger than 18 years old.
In the UK, it is illegal to sell pornographic top-shelf magazines to someone under 18.
False: selling pornographic top-shelf magazines is not legally age-restricted in the UK.
In the UK, it is an offence to cause a child under the age of 16 to view porn, including showing them photographs depicting sexual activity.
True
